New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-19
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES.
MORE hBo1JT TEXAN ELECTION oUTRAaEa

rysrIMoNY BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE GUN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TERRoRIzED.
w.susaroy Feb l8-rhe Texas Investigation Com
,,,es held half hours secret session this morning Do
fore proceedpg 10 the examination OF witnesses
Frank Newman, white said he saw the three negroes
who were lynched, while they we're still hanging 1heS
were hanging q tree near the road about one mlie
north OF Brenham There was crowd OF people on inc
ground Witness Of the coroners jury the YER
dct was that the men were hanged by parties TO the jury
unknown Recurring to the Indignation meeting neid
Just after election day, the witness recalled tho f"cs ~
when the resolution introduced by Judge krK requis
certain persons TO leave the county was diSou'eu'
time was mentioned before which the people nAeu
leaya Witness could not remember what that u,o
Cbar,es Bauer German, stated that he had hVeo IN
rurton Tex twelve years. He moved 70 Toxins iiou
philadelphia twenty-one years ago ne YVES o"V :.
committee appointed ut an Indignation "eo'"s ~
Burton after the hanging OF the negroes 10 oonue w
eutrages-" the hanging and running men o"' =. -.
.ountrv~ II was meeting OF citizens regardless Oh poi
a.. Probably however, there was majority OF No
vubcans but prominent Democrats TOOK part rhe wiz
ness had personal knowledge that "Joe norman, .A
sses.or of the county. and others had received w'en
notces signed Citizens" to leave the county Inc re-
osiot OF these notices stated publicly athe meeting
ana the fact not questioned by any one men wore
apponted by the committee to guard Mr.. Holman ana
his property during the next ten or twelve days by a'
ZINE the excitement had died out Some OF the men VIM
hsd received the notices to leave had already lett before
the committee was appointed
George W. Brown. colored. County Commissioner was
recalled and identified paper he found pinned TO his
saddle. 1t as follows:
W. BROWN As Repubicans9 Is aeas az eeaty
o. you viii be killed.
The signature picture Of a cooked gun.
o. b Potter. white. Republican, age seventy-one'
livery stable Keeper called and examined oy oenao
epooner He said the Republicans had from l,@oo :"
div I'm Wash
Ally elected their ticket since the until two years ago
Te witness had heard OF any effort being made 70
discover the men who ynched the three negroes lie re-
csived the following paper through the mail:
sa We waiting for some time for yCn to o ar
you that you persist in staying here many DAYS o"S0' '1
vii De dealt WIN LII 'e' '0'''' '"" CITIZENS W. CO.
The witness left town eight days In consequence OF
Information received from Democratic friend who In
yestgated the threats against him. and told him MS he
was not worth shuck IL he remained. There were
number OF active and influential Republicans white ana
coored in Brenham perhaps dozen OF them al 'ou'
who had received notices to leave the county Many OF
them had left the county. The reason why he sun re-
manned in BRENNAN that he had property for which
he could get so cents n dollar He had slept WIN
loaded shotgun at the head of his bed during the last
few weeks.
VIII Blount, colored farmer and carpenter, was OK
smined He was a Republican candidate for the Legs,
majority Three ballot boXes were DESTROYED one bol
1ngplace not opened and at one inc ns .
tckets we're thrown Blount received the following
through tho mail:
BRENNAN Tex, Dec. 0. 1888
You are hereby the county without further
warning N"iA'N-
stranger, white man, also gave him verbal notice
70 the same effect rumored that the colored peo
Die had planned nsurrection OF which witness was
said TO be the head There the slightest fon
dston for the The negroes were rather SEEKING
10 escape fiOrn than attack tho whites Two OF inc
hanged negroes church members and all were
Quiet peaccabe citizens Shedrck Fielder owned nice
little farm with gin on it He left wife and one
child. The rented farms. Witness was advised
not his election and in fact afraid TO DO IT,
Joseph Hoffman, white for the last nine years Assessor
of Washington County testified that he was reelected
by $40 majority the Democratic candidate last NO
veber but would have had 700 or 500 had all the votes
been counted After the election witness was told ne
had better leave town. He left. For time he changed
his position each night for fear OF violence lie had re-
ceiyed the following written in red ink through the
mails on Thursday. December Z:
JOE You requested to vacate Burton Tor
ever by Saturday night CltHhHe'
He did obey this notice. but his house was guarded
for some time by friends democrats and Republicans.
Many negroes left the county 1t said that the three
negroes hanged because they knew too much about
the rading' Of the Flewellyn ballotboxes.